The large-buttoned silver SpeakEasy 3865 from Binatone has a built-in answering machine and phone book, and a corded phone at the base station allowing emergency calls if your cordless phone dies. We wanted to see how well the SpeakEasy 3865 performs in everyday use when we sent it to our lab for testing.Sign up to access the full review

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